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Marion Flu Clinic131 viewsThe Town of Marion held a flu-shot clinic for residents on October 8 at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center. The event was organized by Public Health Nurse Lori Desmarais, Marion Police Lieutenant Richard Nighelli and the town’s Board of Health, along with the assistance of many volunteers from within and outside Marion. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Elizabeth Taber Statue131 viewsA murky morning gave way to a sun-drenched celebration of Elizabeth Taber as the bronze statue of “Marion’s Fairy Godmother” was officially unveiled on October 17 in Bicentennial Park. Representatives from the Celebrate Elizabeth Taber Committee, Town of Marion officials, and sculptor Erik Durant addressed a large gathering of citizens who collected stickers and enjoyed music by the Academy Brass Quartet along with cupcakes. See story by Marilou Newell. Photo by Ryan Feeney
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Marion Natural History Museum131 viewsOn October 24, the Marion Natural History Museum held a “Marion Archaeology Day” at the Marion Music Hall. We welcomed Dianna Doucette and Erin Flynn of Public Archaeology Labs (PALS), who had conducted a survey of the museum’s artifacts in 1998. Dianna and Erin helped us understand some of the history of the area over the past 10,000 years, from the Wampanoag people through the colonists and beyond. They explained how their company might become involved in the investigation of these sites, usually through
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ORR DECA131 viewsThe DECA program at Old Rochester Regional High School is growing by leaps and bounds, and award recipients in the regional competition gathered on January 29 for a socially distanced group photo in the gymnasium followed by an awards ceremony in the cafeteria. Chapter Co-Presidents Teddy Carroll (left) and Eddie Gonet stand under the DECA banner, and Gonet welcomed the attendees. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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Valentine’s Day Drive-thru131 viewsVolunteers distributed over 100 dinners during the Marion Council on Aging’s Valentine’s Day drive-thru event on February 13 at the Cushing Community Center. The dinners donated by Mike Crosby helped make up for the fact the town’s seniors were not able to enjoy Valentine’s Day quite like they did last year inside the building with music and dancing. Photos by Mick Colageo
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TriTown Clean-up131 viewsOn a recent sunny Saturday afternoon, the ORR Community Service Learning Club, the ORR Environmental Club, and Mattapoisett Boy Scout Troop 53 came together to help the Mattapoisett Land Trust. Four students from the clubs and eight Boy Scouts met up at the MLT Santos Farm Property at the end of Bowman Road to help clear the property of vines and branches. Photos courtesy Wendy Copps
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Swans131 viewsFaith Ball shared a photo of the pair of swans that recently returned to Mattapoisett harbor.
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Anthony DeCosta 131 viewsAnthony DeCosta was well known in Mattapoisett as a painter and the co-author of a book about the first Portuguese residents in the town. Born in 1892, he was a lifelong resident, except for the years he drove an ambulance during World War I. In his later years, he painted pictures of Mattapoisett, including the Ned’s Point Lighthouse, the whaling ship The Wanderer, and of New Bedford’s streets during the whaling years. DeCosta’s granddaughter, Lorene Sweeney remembers,
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Old Rochester Regional High School Girls Volleyball131 viewsSenior co-captain Kailee Rodrigues sets the ball for her hitters, senior co-captain Meg Horan (11) and junior Maggie Brogioli (23), during the Old Rochester Regional High School girls volleyball team’s victory on Monday night at Fairhaven. The undefeated Bulldogs (11-0) open the South Coast Conference playoffs on Friday, April 30, on their home court in Mattapoisett. Photo by Ryan Feeney
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Old Rochester Regional High School Girls Volleyball131 viewsSenior co-captain Kailee Rodrigues sets the ball for her hitters, senior co-captain Meg Horan (11) and junior Maggie Brogioli (23), during the Old Rochester Regional High School girls volleyball team’s victory on Monday night at Fairhaven. The undefeated Bulldogs (11-0) open the South Coast Conference playoffs on Friday, April 30, on their home court in Mattapoisett. Photo by Ryan Feeney
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Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Garden Group131 viewsRed, white, and blue was Sharon Doyon’s vision of the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Garden Group as 18 members gathered at the library to plant on May 26 in areas including the pots at the Mattapoisett Historical Society and Town Hall, window boxes at the post office and Town Beach house, the lighthouse garden at the harbor, plus the gardens and planters at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library.
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Harbor Days131 viewsAfter a year off due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Mattapoisett Lions Club held the Harbor Days festival July 14-18 at Shipyard Park. The festival included a vendor craft fair on the weekend, a Friday night fish fry, a Saturday night lobster fest, and Sunday morning pancakes. Photos by Ryan Feeney
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